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Fur-rubbing with Piper leaves in the San Martín titi monkey, Callicebus oenanthe
Rosario Huashuayo-Llamocca
Proyecto Mono Tocón, Jr. Reyes Guerra No. 430,
Moyobamba, Peru
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional San Luis
Gonzaga de Ica, Av. Los Maestros s/n, Ica, Peru
Verhaltensökologie und Soziobiologie, Deutsches Primatenzentrum,
Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung, Kellnerweg 4, 37077
Göttingen, Germany
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Eckhard W. Heymann
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A camera trap captured the moment in which a group of collared peccaries attacked and killed a howler monkey at a clay lick in the Taricaya Ecological Reserve, Madre de Dios, Peru. This novel behaviour helps us understand the myriad risks howler monkeys face when descending to the forest floor while also indirectly emphasizing the importance of geophagy for these animals.
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As part of our study on coppery titi monkeys in the Peruvian Amazon, we observed an individual rubbing his belly with leaves from a potentially medicinal plant. He climbed down from high above and grabbed a handful of leaves from an understory tree, which made it look like a deliberate action. Sitting on a liana he then chewed on the leaves before rubbing them slowly on his belly for a couple of minutes. The plant genus is known in traditional medicine and is used for various effects.
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João Pedro Souza-Alves, Natasha M. Albuquerque, Luana Vinhas, Thayane S. Cardoso, Raone Beltrão-Mendes, and Leandro Jerusalinsky
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Filipa M. D. Paciência, Deusdedith Baluya, Pay Mbaryo, Sascha Knauf, and Dietmar Zinner
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Eva-Maria Rathke, Andreas Berghänel, Annie Bissonnette, Julia Ostner, and Oliver Schülke
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Klara Kittler and Silvio Dietzel
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E. W. Heymann and J. U. Ganzhorn
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A. P. Hillyer, R. Armstrong, and A. H. Korstjens
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A. Clyvia, M. C. Kaizer, R. V. Santos, R. J. Young, and C. Cäsar
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We report the first case of putative empathic response in titi monkeys (Callibebus). Pair bonds between males and females are typically strong, with substantial time spent grooming and tail twining. In an intriguing and unexpected observation we recorded an injured adult out-group male travelling with a neighbouring group. The group appeared to adapt travel patterns to allow him to accompany them, provided pro-social behaviour such as grooming and tolerated his presence at their sleeping site
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We report observations fur-rubbing with leaves from the spiked pepper plant, Piper aduncum, in the San Martín titi monkey, Callicebus oenanthe. As leaf extracts from this plant include insecticidal compounds, we interpret this behaviour as a defense against ectoparasites. Our observations expand the number of primate species for which this kind of self-medication is reported.
We report observations fur-rubbing with leaves from the spiked pepper plant, Piper aduncum, in...